Rats over the dishes
Rats over the dishes
Please tell me what the ratties say
Please tell me what the ratties say
Rats over the dishes
And God was certainly a genius
To expose this human weakness
Rats over the dishes
Please tell me what the ratties say
And the doorway is a cutaway of flesh and bone
Lay me down upon a bed of roses
And to think that this was once my home
But now some sick bastard's pleasure dome
They say to build a better man trap
Will lead the rats to beat a path to your door
Build a better man trap
And the rats will beat a path to your door
Rats over the dishes
Please tell me what the ratties say
Please tell me what the ratties say
Rats over the dishes
To expose this human weakness
Please tell me what the ratties say
Lay me down upon a bed of roses
But now some sick bastard's pleasure dome
They say to build a better man trap
Will lead the rats to beat a path to your door
And the rats will beat a path to your door
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I agree with you guys. I love Clutch. No-one can rock quite like them. They live right down the road from me a few miles.
Not a SINGLE comment regarding the only lyricist who possible rivals James Keenan. For you kids who come in here this song is about Neils first apartment and all the cockroaches that ran rampant through said apartment. He changed it to rats for syllabic reasons.
Clutch is by far one of the best bands I know.
Yes, I agree. Neil hands-down, is one of the most creative lyric writers in music. And the band has stayed true for their 11+ year career.
@EvanX "And the band has stayed true for their 11+ year career." I feel privileged to add to this because this was 16 years ago. C!
@EvanX "And the band has stayed true for their 11+ year career." I feel privileged to add to this because this was 16 years ago. C!
Like Tool, Clutrches music has remained basically un-changed, and it's best left that way. Very talented musicians, especially guitarist Tim Sult, he's a big inspiration for me. They get no where near the credit they deserve, my friend saw them live with Sevendust a few years ago, he never heard of Clutch but came back saying they are the best band ever.
It hasn't really been unchanged. They started off very heavy, with more of a metal sound. They mellowed out quickly and kept that sound for a while, with more of a hard rock feel, then started trending more towards a bluesy-rock sound, with the zenith of that, being "From Beale Street to Oblivion." They stripped the sound down, more recently and went back to the hard rock sound, but they can get their blues on, occasionally, like with the Pig Town Blues Single. Their music has changed, but not drastically. That change is important. Plus, they have the Bakerton Group,...
It hasn't really been unchanged. They started off very heavy, with more of a metal sound. They mellowed out quickly and kept that sound for a while, with more of a hard rock feel, then started trending more towards a bluesy-rock sound, with the zenith of that, being "From Beale Street to Oblivion." They stripped the sound down, more recently and went back to the hard rock sound, but they can get their blues on, occasionally, like with the Pig Town Blues Single. Their music has changed, but not drastically. That change is important. Plus, they have the Bakerton Group, which is Clutch, but strictly instrumental. It's more of a blues-rock-jazz sort of sound, so they can do that sort of thing, without alienating their rock fans.
@Muzzy Maynard mows the lawn of Neil Fallon and pays him a dollar!
@Muzzy Maynard mows the lawn of Neil Fallon and pays him a dollar!